accosted

verb

  1. To approach and speak to boldly or aggressively, as with a demand or request.

  2. To join side to side; to border.

  3. (by extension) To sail along the coast or side of.

  4. To approach; to come up to.

  5. To speak to first; to address; to greet.

  6. To adjoin; to lie alongside.

  7. To assault.

  8. To solicit sexually.

adjective

  1. Supported on both sides by other charges; also, side by side